NASA has announced that it has cancelled an upcoming orbital space station to expedite the building of a permanent lunar base on the moon, "landing by landing and incrementally". More about NASA accelerates plan to build permanent moon base
Despite last-minute setbacks, NASA hopes that the Orion spacecraft will soon take four people on the furthest journey in the history of humankind. In this interview, one of the vehicle's designers explains how it was made. More about "They'll be flying in our baby" says Artemis II spaceship's architect
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San Francisco start-up GRU Space has released plans for a hotel on the moon clad in lunar regolith bricks that it claims will be "the first ever permanent off-Earth structure built in history" if completed. More about GRU Space announces designs for "the first hotel on the Moon"
Designer Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian transformed part of London's West End into a multi-sensory playground with the public installation Piccadilly Un:Plugged. More about Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian creates "cosmic playground" with inflatable cats
Copenhagen design studio SAGA has completed a four-bedroom astronaut training facility for the European Space Agency that will be used to train American and European space professionals for habitation on the moon. More about SAGA completes astronaut training habitat to simulate life on the moon
UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has released designs of a solar panel-lined tower for use on the moon as part of a project with NASA and 3D printing studio Branch Technology. More about Foster + Partners designs 50-metre-tall "solar energy tower" for moon infrastructure
A lunar lander designed by space exploration company Intuitive Machines began a mission to the moon, carrying objects such as a BIG-designed data centre and a protective material by sportswear company Columbia for testing. More about BIG-designed hard drive launches to the moon on SpaceX rocket
The computer interface of NASA's 1960s Apollo spacecraft is meticulously replicated in miniature in the DSKY Moonwatch, a multifunctional timepiece created by British start-up Apollo Instruments. More about DSKY Moonwatch brings mini Apollo space computer to people's wrists
As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the moon in 2027, the US space agency is already thinking about how lunar resources could be exploited for commercial purposes, architecture strategist Nujoud Merancy reveals in this interview. More about Permanent buildings will be on the moon "within the next few decades" says NASA's Nujoud Merancy
Fashion house Prada and aerospace company Axiom Space have revealed their design for NASA's Artemis III spacesuit, set to be worn by the first astronauts to return to the surface of the moon in over 50 years. More about Prada and Axiom Space reveal spacesuits for next lunar landing
This week, leading figures in space architecture will descend on Milan to formally establish the discipline for the first time. Ellen Eberhardt explores what's at stake. More about Space architects are preparing for humanity's return to the moon
The European Space Agency has created its own version of a Lego brick that is 3D printed from meteorite dust, as the organisation explores how to construct buildings in space. More about European Space Agency develops Lego brick from space dust to build on the moon
Danish architecture studio BIG and technology company Lonestar Data Holdings Inc have created a data storage device for the moon, where it is designed to rest indefinitely after arrival. More about BIG creates 3D-printed data storage device to be sent to the Moon
Architecture studio Hassell has designed the conceptual Lunar Habitat Master Plan, a scalable system of inflatable pods that could be partly constructed from moon materials and 3D-printed on site. More about Hassell designs inflatable moon base for the European Space Agency
Fashion house Prada has teamed up with commercial space company Axiom Space to create lunar spacesuits for NASA's Artemis III mission, which will be the first crewed moon landing since 1972. More about Prada designing lunar spacesuits for NASA moon mission
A playful proposal that sees 10 drivers invited to compete in a race on the moon has been highly commended by the judges of Dezeen and Bentley's Future Luxury Retail Design Competition. More about Bentley Moon Rally 2030 by V10 highly commended in Future Luxury Retail Design Competition
Scientists at the University of Manchester have developed a concrete-like material that could be made with extraterrestrial dust and used to build colonies on the moon and on Mars. More about StarCrete is a concrete-like material that could be made from extraterrestrial dust
Designers Sandra G Matthews and Michael R Henderson have created a concept for a 224-metre-high spherical resort that would include a moon-like experience, which they hope to realise in four locations around the world. More about Moon-shaped resort proposed for Dubai to provide "space tourism for all"
Tyre-maker Goodyear has announced it will join aerospace company Lockheed Martin and car manufacturer General Motors to develop a vehicle for NASA's next lunar landing, set for 2025. More about Goodyear to design airless tyres for future lunar vehicle